The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
HELVING
Verb
helving
present participle of helve
Source: Wiktionary
HELVE
Helve, n. Etym: [OE. helve, helfe, AS. hielf, helf, hylf, cf. OHG. halb; and also E. halter, helm of a rudder.]
1. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
2. (Iron Working) (a) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer. (b) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Helve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helved; p. pr. & vb. n. Helving.]
Definition: To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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